We've Been Framed: How Language Shapes Politics
Jan 14, 2007Does the hijacking of words by political forces tell us something interesting about the nature of language and meaning?
Gottlob Frege is considered one of the founders of contemporary analytic philosophy. Revered by Russell and Wittgenstein, he laid substantial groundwork for predicate logic and the analysis of linguistic meaning. Yet, unlike Russell and Wittgenstein, Frege's personality and private life was little publicized and is little known. While his work was widely influential, he himself was not.
In the relative obscurity of his private life, it is a little known fact that the German philosopher was a hard-core right-wing, anti-democrat, anti-liberal, racist, nationalist anti-Semite. While he died before the rise of Hitler, one can only speculate how he would've responded.
This excellent article by Ray Monk inProspect Magazinediscusses Frege, his work, and his startling private life:https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/philosophy/the-machine-in-the-ghost
Does the hijacking of words by political forces tell us something interesting about the nature of language and meaning?
How do words shape our minds? Do the French suffer because they have no word for berry or cozy?
You might think our thoughts simply determine what we say. But maybe the language we speak is what really determines the thoughts we can have.
奥地利/英国哲学家路德维希·维特根斯坦(Ludwig Wittgenstein)在上个世纪中叶对哲学产生了巨大的影响。
Human thought is an amazing thing. It has given us not only science, literature, and morality, but also superstition, slavery, and war.
Humans have an amazing capacity to communicate. By uttering sounds we are able to convey meaning to those around us.
Does the hijacking of words by political forces tell us something interesting about the nature of language and meaning?
How do words shape our minds? Do the French suffer because they have no word for berry or cozy?
You might think our thoughts simply determine what we say. But maybe the language we speak is what really determines the thoughts we can have.
奥地利/英国哲学家路德维希·维特根斯坦(Ludwig Wittgenstein)在上个世纪中叶对哲学产生了巨大的影响。
Human thought is an amazing thing. It has given us not only science, literature, and morality, but also superstition, slavery, and war.
Humans have an amazing capacity to communicate. By uttering sounds we are able to convey meaning to those around us.